Survey of English Place-Names
A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.
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Tapeley
Tapeley
Early-attested site in the Parish of Westleigh
Historical Forms
Tapeleia
1086
DB
1195
FF
Tappeleghe, Tappeleg
1177
P
1314
Exon
Etymology
'
Tæppa
's
leah
,' cf. Taplow PN Bk 231.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Barnacott
Bradavin
Ashridge
Millrow
Pillhead
Syncock's Cross
Early-attested site
Eastleigh
Treyhill
Major Settlement
Westleigh